Boise Mayor David Bieter and Tommy Ahlquist, the man who oversaw construction of Idaho's tallest building, were doused with ice water on a cool, cloudy day 267 feet above the corner of Main Street and Capitol Boulevard.

Bieter's acceptance of the Ice Bucket Challenge was in response to a challenge from City Councilman T.J. Thomson, who last week accepted the challenge himself.

The Ice Bucket Challenge is a fundraising and awareness promotion to benefit research on ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. According to the ALS Association, Ice Bucket Challenges had raised almost $80 million as of Monday morning.

Ahlquist and Bieter in turn challenged Boise Fire Chief Dennis Doan, Police Chief Mike Masterson and all Boise firefighters and police officers to take a mass ice-water shower at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the corner of 8th and Main streets Downtown.

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